Fish lure



G. BECK FISH LURE Aug. 23, 1938.

Filed Dec. 29, 1957 Patented Aug, 23, 193el vUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE11 Claims.

The invention relates to fish lures, and has for its object to provide adevice of this character comprising a transparent body having a chambertherein and a vibratory reflecting member in the chamber for reflectinglight rays through the body for attracting sh.

A further object is to support the vibratory refleeting member in springmeans whereby it will vibrate when drawn through the water.,

A further object is to provide the walls of the chamber of the body withmembers for magnifying the light rays during the vibrating operation.

A further object is to mount the refiecting member within a spiralspring, anchored within the chamber of the body to increase thevibration thereof as the bait is drawn through the water for obtaining arocking vibration as Well as an axial movement. l

A further object is to form the head of the bait bodyv from acontrasting colored material to the chambered portion of the body and topermanently seal the chamber when the head is secured to the body,thereby preventing leakage.

A further object is to provide a hook receiving loop anchored in theforward end of the chambered portion of the body and sealed therein bythe head.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth,

shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it

being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionmay be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the lure.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view `through the lure.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the lure takenon line 3-3 of Figure 2.

' formed from a non-transparent colored material,

and 2 a line attaching loop carried by said head, and to which the lineis attached for casting and drawing the lure through the water. The head2 is provided with opposite surfaces inclined rearwardly and upwardly sothe lure will dive as it is drawn through the water, said surfaces beingdesignated by the numeral 3.

The surfaces 3, at their upper rear ends, terminate'in raised members 4.5

The body 5 of the lure is formed from a transparent material, such asglass or Celluloid, and which body is provided with a longitudinallyextending chamber 6. The wall of the chamber 6 is formed with aplurality of longitudinally extending ribs I with their convexed sidesinwardly disposed, and which ribs form means for reflecting light raysfrom the polished vibratory rod 8, ax-` ially disposed within the body5. The ribs l merge into a conically shaped tail chamber havingreflecting ribs 9, as clearly shown in Figure 3, hence it will be seenthat the light rays will be reflected and magnified in action as the rodB vibrates when4 the lure is drawn through the water. The rod 8 isanchored in the inner convo- 20 lution I0 of a coiled spring I l, andthe outer convolution of the spring l l is held in the concentricnotches I2 in the ribs l, therefore it will be seen that the rod 8 isspring supported in a manner whereby it will vibrate upon movement ofthe lure axially and rockably for reflecting light rays through the ribsl for attracting fish. It will also be seen that in assembling the rod,the spring ll can be contracted, and the spring and rod forced into thechamber 6 until the outer convolution of the spring expands into thenotches i2.

The forward end of the lure body 5 is secured to the head I at l2 by awaterproof adhesive, which also seals the chamber 5 against beingflooded with water. The head also forms means for per- 35i manentlyholding the arms I3 of the angularly shaped hook receiving eye II, thearms of which are received in the recess I5 in the forward end of thebait body 5.

Hooks I6 are attached to the eye I4 in the usual manner. The rear end ofthe bait body 5 is provided with a hook receiving eye l1 which carriesthe rear hooks I8 of the lure. It is to be understood that any kind ofhooks may be used.

From the above it will be seen that a sh lure is provided with light rayreflecting means disposed in a chamber thereof, and from which lightrays will be reiiected through the body of the` lure. It will also beseen that by providing vibrating means for the reflecting bar, thereflecting action will vary and by providing inwardly convexed ribs 1,the 4reflecting action will be magnifled for rendering the lure moreattractive to a fish.

The invention having been set forth whatds claimed as new and useful is:

1. A fish lure comprising a chambered body formed from transparentmaterial, magnifying reilecting members forming the inner wail of thebody, and a reflecting member within the chamber of the body and fromwhich reflected light rays pass through the magnifying reflectingmembers.

2. The combination with a fish iure having a chambered transparent body,of a vibratory reflecting member Within the chamber of the body.

3. A fish lure comprising a transparent chambered body member and aspring supported vibrating reflecting member within the chamber of thebody member. v

4. A fish lure comprising a transparent body having a chamber therein, areflecting bar within said chamber, and' spring means supporting saidreflecting bar and so constructed and arranged that said reflecting barwill vibrate upon movement of the lure.

5. A fish lure comprising a transparent body having a chamber therein, areflecting member within said chamber, and a coiled spring surroundingsaid reflecting member and entirely supporting the reflecting member andso constructed and arranged that said reflecting member will vibrate,said coiled spring being anchored to the wall of the chamber.

6. A fish iure comprising a transparent body having a chamber therein,an elongated reflecting member supported in the chamber of the body inspaced relation to the walls of the chamber, spring means within thechamber for supporting the reflecting member and so constructed andarranged thaty it will vibrate, and reflecting members carried by thewail of the chamber and through which light rays are reflected from thereflecting member.

7. A device as set forth in claim 6 wherein the reflecting membersWithin the chamber are formed by longitudinally extending inwardlyconvexed ribs.

8. A device as set forth in claim 6 including a tail chamber, andreflecting surfaces within the tail chamber, said reflecting memberscarried by the lure chamber being: formed by ln gitudinally extendingribs merging into reflecting members in the tail chamber.

9. A flsh lure comprising a transparent body having a chamber therein,the chamber wall being formed with light ray reflecting surfaces, areflecting bar within the chamber in spaced relation to the wallthereof, and a coiled spring surrounding the elongated reflecting memberand having inner and outer convolutions, the reflecting member beingsupported in the inner convolution, and the outer convolution beingdisposed in a channel in the chamber wall.

10. A fish lure comprising a chambered body of transparent materialhaving its'outer surface smooth and having its interior surface formedof a plurality of curved surfaces having different centers of curvature,and a central member within the body having free ends and intermediatesupport whereby any movement of the body will effect a vibratorymovement of the central member.

11. A fish lure comprising a hollow transparent body'and avmember withinthe body, said member being only supported intermediate ends thereoffrom apart of the body, and adapted to be vibrated when the body ismoved.

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